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A DECISION OF IMPORTANCE
TO LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
A court decision of interest to labor unions is
that given by Judge Taylor of Washington county,
Pa., in a suit charging Charles Stottsbery, treasurer
of Local Union No. 2049, United Mine Workers,
with embezzlement. It was alleged by the
prosecution that in May last Stottsbery went West
taking with him $269 of the money of the local
union and that he never accounted for the money.
The attorney representing Stottsbery, quoted from
acts of the assembly that the commonwealth must
show that there is a Local Union No. 2049 and
that under the act of assembly under which the
suit brought such union must be either chartered
by the county court or by the governor of Pennsylvania.
The attorney for the prosecution was
unable to produce the evidence of the lawful incorporation
of the local union and the court instructed
the jury to return a verdict of not guilty,
which was done, and the costs divided.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT LET
FOR NEW ANTHRACITE ROAD.
A contract has been awarded to a New York
company for the construction of the New York,
Pennsylvania and Southwestern railroad, a line of
railroad between Binghamton, N. Y., and Williamsport,
Pa., 116 miles. The New York, Pennsylvania
and Southwestern railroad will connect with
the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western, Reading,
Lehigh and Pennsylvania railroads. It opens up
a new anthracite coal territory, and, it is said,
shortens the distance between Boston and New
England points and Pittsburgh and the West by
100 miles or more. The cost of the road and
equipment will be $4,500,000.
COASTWISE COAL SHIPMENTS.
The 13 coal companies reporting on coastwise
coal shipments specify 145 different destinations,
mostly on the New England coast, to which coal
was shipped from New York harbor points between
October 1 and October 31, 1904, 15 leading destinations
for shipments made from Philadelphia and
vicinity, 15 from Baltimore, 23 from Norfolk and
20 from Newport News.
Coastwise shipments of coal during the month
of October from New York harbor, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Norfolk and Newport News furnished
a combined tonnage of 3,059,707 tons, of which
1,315,364 tons were anthracite and 1,744,343 tons
bituminous. For the ten months ending with
October, 1904, the total shipments were 27,793,026
tons, of which 12,329,9/3 tons were anthracite and
15,463,053 tons bituminous. During the month
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of October vessels were supplied with fuel, from
the five ports, to the amount of 307,267 tons, and
during the ten months ending October, 2,817,185
tons.
Of the total coastwise coal shipments for the
first ten months of the current year, as indicated
in the following table, New York handled about
62 per cent.. Philadelphia 17 per cent., Baltimore
7 per cent., Newport News 8 per cent., and Norfolk
6 per cent.
During the month of October 44 collectors of
customs report that 484,298 tons of coal were
loaded on vessels for fueling purposes. The valuation
was reported to have been $1,572,276, an
average value per ton of $3.25.
COMPARATIVE SUMMARY FROM ATLANTIC PORTS:
-October-
Ports Anthracito Bituminous Total 1904 Total 1903
Tons To"S Tons Tons
New York, 1,107,519 831,030 1,938,549 1,364,518
Phila.. 183,140 327,192 519,332 536,953
Baltimore, 24,705 205,046 229,751 158,761
New. News 210,941 210,941 155,050
Norfolk, 170,134 170,134 102,740
Total. . .1,315,364 1,744,343 3,059,707 2,318,022
-Ten Months-
Ports Anthracite Bituminous
Tons Tons
Total 1904
Tons
Total 1903
Tons
N. York, 10,515,993 6,752,152 17,268,145 15,147,099
Phila., 1,614,445 2,949,046 4,563,491 5,327,849
Baltimore. 199,535 1,732,076 1,931,611 1,471,260
New. News 2,262,334 2,262,334 1,414,614
Norfolk 1,767,445 1,767,445 1,439,481
Total. .12,329,973 15,463,053 27,793,026 24,800,303
Government Buys Mining Exhibit.
The United States government has purchased
the mining exhibit of the Fairmont Coal Co. at the
St. Louis Exposition. The exhibit, which was
one of the special attractions in the Mining and
Metallurgy building showed a complete coal mine,
tipple, elevator, washing apparatus, coke ovens
and all the necessary equipment to the successful
operation of such a plant.
Utah Fuel Co. To Open New Mines.
The Utah Fuel Co. is making preparations to
open mines on Willow creek, a short distance from
Castle Gate, Utah, and the Rio Grande Western
Railway, is surveying a branch to the scene of the
proposed operations. The Utah Fuel Co. will
commence work at an early date on 100 additional
coke ovens at Castle Gate, which will convert the
Willow creek coal into fuel suitable for use in
smelters and iron furnaces.